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The Good Shepherd's Heart Ministry

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$450k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
64
Grants FY2024
61
Organizations funded FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,500
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$180k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
72% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$158kHousing & Shelter$102kInternational$90kHealth$69kYouth Development$68kHuman Services$61kPhilanthropy$39kEducation$30kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
MI
NY
CA
UT
CO
KY
VA
KS
AR
TN
NC
OK
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Solutions for Change Inc$58,55421%
First Love Ministries$35,0002n/a
Homefront America Inc$31,86924%
Livingwell Pregnancy Centers$30,50014%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$24,0002n/a
Camp Alandale$24,00021%
Last is First Philanthropies$22,50024%
Whole Heart International$20,000210%
Dwelling Place Anaheim$20,0001n/a
Champion Ministries Inc$20,00020%
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All grantees of The Good Shepherd's Heart Ministry by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Solutions for Change Inc$58,55421%
First Love Ministries$35,0002n/a
Homefront America Inc$31,86924%
Livingwell Pregnancy Centers$30,50014%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$24,0002n/a
Camp Alandale$24,00021%
Last is First Philanthropies$22,50024%
Whole Heart International$20,000210%
Dwelling Place Anaheim$20,0001n/a
Champion Ministries Inc$20,00020%
Rescue 1 Global$18,06722%
Mission Enablers International$16,50010%
Operation Helo Inc$15,00010%
Harbors Light International Inc$12,9452n/a
And Initiatives$12,5001n/a
Beloved Asheville$10,00010%
Equipnet$10,00010%
Tucker's House$10,00012%
Mourning to Gladness Church$10,0001n/a
Orphan's Hope$10,00021%
Oasis Sanctuaries Inc$9,50017%
Living Free Ministries Inc$9,30023%
Battle Cry Church Inc$7,700229%
Kings Table Foundation Inc$7,2761n/a
Orange County Rescue Mission Inc$7,00020%
Dream Center Foundation$7,00020%
Friendship Shelter Inc$6,00020%
Capistrano Valley Christian Schools Inc$5,90210%
Smile Train Inc$5,00020%
Hope for Congo Ministries Inc$5,0001n/a
Rubies and Rogues$5,00014%
Love for Romania$5,00013%
Artists in Christian Testimony Inc$5,00020%
Family Church Inc$4,1002n/a
Olive Crest$3,50010%
Christian Writers & Artists Ministries$3,00015%
Compassion International Incorporated$2,6951n/a
Parkway Ford Heritage Mission$2,50013%
Lion's Heart$2,00020%
Families in Rich Encounters$1,03011%
Lou Engle Ministries$1,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,00010%
The Epoch Times Association Inc$1,00010%
Uniforms for Hope$1,00011%
Our Rescue$25010%
Stop Soldier Suicide Inc$20510%
World Outreach Church of Murfreesboro Tn Inc$2001n/a
Bridge Church$2001n/a
Bandits Buddies Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 51 recipients with no EIN on record ($295k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Good Shepherd's Heart Ministry supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSolutions for Change Inc: $58,554 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHomefront America Inc: $31,869 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetLivingwell Pregnancy Centers: $30,500 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetCamp Alandale: $24,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetLast is First Philanthropies: $22,500 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetWhole Heart International: $20,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetChampion Ministries Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRescue 1 Global: $18,067 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMission Enablers International: $16,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOperation Helo Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBeloved Asheville: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEquipnet: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTucker's House: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetOrphan's Hope: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetOasis Sanctuaries Inc: $9,500 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetLiving Free Ministries Inc: $9,300 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetBattle Cry Church Inc: $7,700 over 2y, 29% of budgetOrange County Rescue Mission Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDream Center Foundation: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriendship Shelter Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCapistrano Valley Christian Schools Inc: $5,902 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRubies and Rogues: $5,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetLove for Romania: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetArtists in Christian Testimony Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOlive Crest: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Writers & Artists Ministries: $3,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetParkway Ford Heritage Mission: $2,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetLion's Heart: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFamilies in Rich Encounters: $1,030 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLou Engle Ministries: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Epoch Times Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniforms for Hope: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOur Rescue: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStop Soldier Suicide Inc: $205 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBandits Buddies Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Giving UniversityChristian Community F…The Signatry Charitab…Farmers & Merchants B…Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…Edward Jones Foundati…Renaissance Charitabl…Verizon FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Raymond James Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…
Giving UniversityCA15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Giving University · Christian Community Foundation Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to The Good Shepherd's Heart Ministry through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Good Shepherd's Heart Ministry

How much does The Good Shepherd's Heart Ministry give?
The Good Shepherd's Heart Ministry reported 64 grants totaling $449,946 in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does The Good Shepherd's Heart Ministry fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (5%), Housing & Shelter (3%), International (3%).
Who are The Good Shepherd's Heart Ministry's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2024: Solutions for Change Inc ($59k), First Love Ministries ($35k), Homefront America Inc ($32k).
Does The Good Shepherd's Heart Ministry accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Good Shepherd's Heart Ministry?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Giving University, Christian Community Foundation Inc, The Signatry Charitable Trust.
Where is The Good Shepherd's Heart Ministry based?
The Good Shepherd's Heart Ministry is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 101 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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